Design Better Training. Engage Your Learners. Practice With Feedback.

Knowing your subject is the starting point. Helping someone else understand it, practice it, and use it at work takes a different set of skills.

TrainSMART’s live online Train-the-Trainer course helps new and experienced trainers turn their knowledge into structured, engaging learning experiences. Across three instructor-led virtual sessions, you’ll explore how adults learn, organize training around performance objectives, develop meaningful activities, and practice your delivery.

You’ll participate as a learner while examining the techniques you can use as a trainer. Practical exercises and a final training project give you opportunities to apply the methods and receive feedback.

Is This Online Train-the-Trainer Course Right for You?

This course is designed for people responsible for helping others learn at work, including:

• Subject-matter experts who know their work but need a practical approach to teaching it.
• New trainers who want structure, delivery practice, and greater confidence.
• Experienced trainers who want fresh techniques and feedback on their approach.
• Training managers and L&D professionals responsible for improving internal training.
• Instructional designers who want to strengthen the connection between course design and live facilitation.
• Managers and team leaders who deliver onboarding, process, product, or skills training.

The program develops core training skills that apply to both in-person and online instruction, with additional attention to facilitating in a live virtual environment.

Move Beyond Presenting Information

A well-organized presentation does not automatically create a useful learning experience. Trainers also need to understand their audience, select appropriate activities, check understanding, and respond when participation or progress stalls.

This course helps you address questions such as:

• How do I turn a large amount of information into a focused training session?
• How can I get learners involved instead of doing all the talking?
• What should learners be able to do when the training ends?
• How do I know whether participants understand the material?
• How can I manage nerves, difficult questions, or challenging participants?
• How do I make virtual training interactive and purposeful?

What You’ll Learn to Do

You’ll Practice the Skills You’re Learning

This is a live, participatory workshop. Exercises, discussion, breakout groups, and practical application help you connect the concepts to your responsibilities as a trainer.

You’ll work with training design and delivery techniques, then apply them in a short final training project. The project gives you an opportunity to practice engaging an audience, communicating objectives, using an activity, and bringing a training segment to a useful conclusion.

Feedback helps you identify strengths and areas to improve in your delivery, training plan, and supporting materials.

The goal: leave with methods you can apply to the training you design and deliver at work.

Online Train-the-Trainer Course Curriculum

Understand Your Role and Your Learners

• Distinguish the roles of presenter, facilitator, and trainer.
• Assess your training strengths and development needs.
• Apply adult learning principles.
• Identify audience needs, experience, and learning requirements.
• Adapt your communication to support different participants.
• Establish expectations and create a productive learning environment.

Design Training Around Performance

• Use an instructional design model to guide development.
• Determine the proficiency learners need.
• Write performance objectives.
• Break tasks into teachable steps.
• Develop a logical training outline.
• Select delivery methods and activities that support learning.
• Plan ways to check understanding and evaluate training.

Develop Content That Supports Learning

• Organize information into manageable sections.
• Use the Tell3 structure to introduce, teach, and review content.
• Develop questions that encourage thinking and participation.
• Use listening skills to understand learner responses.
• Create slides and supporting materials that reinforce instruction.
• Connect activities to the purpose of the training.

Manage Yourself and the Learning Environment

• Strengthen vocal delivery and facilitator body language.
• Use techniques to manage training nerves.
• Encourage participation and motivation.
• Handle difficult questions and challenging situations.
• Manage time and keep sessions focused.

Facilitate in a Virtual Classroom

• Prepare yourself, your learners, and the virtual environment.
• Understand how to work with a producer.
• Use virtual meeting features to support interaction.
• Plan participation through breakout rooms, chat, polling, and other available tools.
• Manage the meeting platform while keeping attention on learning.

Apply the Methods in a Final Training Project

• Prepare and deliver a short training segment.
• Apply techniques introduced during the workshop.
• Receive feedback on your delivery, training plan, and materials.
• Identify improvements to carry into your next training assignment.

What’s Included With Your Enrollment?

• Three live, instructor-led virtual sessions.
• Interactive exercises and practical training activities.
• A digital participant guide and supporting learning materials.
• Job aids, forms, worksheets, and feedback documents.
• An online DiSC Workplace communication and behavioral assessment.
• A final training project with feedback.
• A TrainSMART Certificate of Completion upon completing the program and final project. This workshop is not certified for international trainer certification.

Public Online Train-the-Trainer Workshop Dates

Join a scheduled live virtual workshop without traveling. Each workshop runs across three consecutive days.

Public Online Train-the-Trainer Workshop Dates

Join a live, instructor-led virtual workshop across three consecutive days. All times are listed in Central Time.

Workshop	Dates	Daily Schedule
October 2026	October 20–22, 2026	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
November 2026	November 10–12, 2026	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
December 2026	December 8–10, 2026	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
February 2027	February 1–3, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
April 2027	April 5–7, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
June 2027	June 1–3, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
August 2027	August 2–4, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
October 2027	October 4–6, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time
November–December 2027	November 29–December 1, 2027	9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Central Time

The daily schedule includes a 30-minute lunch break. Please check the time in your time zone before selecting a workshop.

Registration fee: $2,100 per participant.

Request Registration Assistance

Have questions before enrolling? Call 800-807-8030 or email inquiries@trainsmartinc.com.

Private Virtual Train-the-Trainer Workshops for Your Team

When several employees are responsible for training others, developing them together creates an opportunity to establish shared approaches to planning, facilitation, and learner participation.

TrainSMART offers private virtual Train-the-Trainer workshops tailored to your organization’s needs, tools, and culture.

Consider a Private Workshop When You Need To:

• Prepare subject-matter experts for internal training responsibilities.
• Develop trainers across departments or locations.
• Build shared practices for onboarding, technical, process, or product training.
• Help trainers improve the way they engage learners and check understanding.
• Strengthen your team’s live virtual facilitation skills.

Connect the Workshop to Your Training Needs

Tell us who your trainers teach, what they deliver, and where they need support. We’ll discuss the workshop scope, relevant examples and exercises, scheduling, and opportunities to connect the learning to your organization’s training responsibilities.

Private workshop pricing is available by proposal.

Request a Private Workshop Proposal

To help us prepare a relevant recommendation, include your approximate participant count, training goals, delivery locations or time zones, and preferred timing.

Why Choose TrainSMART?

TrainSMART brings more than 30 years of experience in corporate training and trainer development. Our approach connects training design with facilitation: how you organize a learning experience matters as much as how you deliver it.

During this course, you’ll experience participatory methods as a learner, examine how they work, and practice applying them as a trainer.

• Live interaction: learn with a facilitator and other participants in real time.
• Practical application: connect concepts to training plans, activities, and delivery.
• Practice and feedback: identify what works and where to improve.
• Resources for continued use: refer to your guide, worksheets, and job aids after the workshop.
• Public and private options: choose individual development or a workshop for your team.

Need Your Manager’s Approval?

Help your manager understand how the workshop connects to your responsibilities. Explain what you currently train, where you need to improve, and how you plan to apply the skills afterward.

For example, you might use the workshop to improve an onboarding session, redesign a technical lesson, introduce more purposeful activities, or strengthen how you check learners’ understanding.

Use our virtual Train-the-Trainer flyer to share the course details, schedule, and investment.

What Past Participants Say

Discuss Your Online Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Ready to explore a public workshop or private training for your team? Tell us which option interests you and what you want to accomplish.

For a public workshop: include your preferred dates and any enrollment questions.

For a private workshop: include your approximate team size, training responsibilities, goals, and preferred timing.

You can also contact TrainSMART at 800-807-8030 or inquiries@trainsmartinc.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a live course or a self-paced online course?

This is a live, instructor-led virtual course. You attend scheduled sessions and participate in exercises, discussion, and practical activities with the facilitator and other learners.

Does the course focus only on virtual training?

The course develops training design and facilitation skills that apply to both in-person and online instruction. It also addresses the specific demands of leading a live virtual classroom.

Can someone new to training attend?

Yes. The course is designed for new trainers and subject-matter experts as well as experienced training professionals. It provides a structured approach to planning training and opportunities to practice delivery.

How much time should I reserve?

Reserve the full scheduled window on all three workshop days. Public sessions currently run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Time, including a 30-minute lunch break.

Will I practice delivering training?

Yes. The program includes practical activities and a short final training project. You’ll apply workshop techniques and receive feedback on your delivery, training plan, and supporting materials.

What technology do I need?

You’ll need a reliable internet connection and a computer with audio and video capability. Access details for the virtual meeting platform are provided after registration. A headset and a quiet space are recommended.

What materials will I receive?

You’ll receive digital learning materials, including a participant guide, job aids, forms, worksheets, feedback documents, and the results of your online DiSC Workplace assessment.

Will I receive a certificate?

Participants who complete the program and final project receive a TrainSMART Certificate of Completion.

Can TrainSMART deliver this workshop privately for our organization?

Yes. TrainSMART offers private virtual workshops tailored to organizational needs. Contact us to discuss your audience, goals, scheduling, and workshop scope.

What does the public workshop cost?

The public online workshop fee is $2,100 per participant. Contact TrainSMART for private workshop pricing and group enrollment questions.

How do I enroll?

Use the inquiry form above to request assistance with your preferred public workshop, or contact TrainSMART at 800-807-8030. Our team can help with enrollment questions and payment arrangements.

What payment methods are accepted?

Payment may be made by credit card or bank transfer. Workshop fees must be paid in full before the first workshop day.

What is the cancellation policy?

Take the Next Step in Your Development as a Trainer

Build a more deliberate approach to designing training, involving learners, and delivering with confidence. Choose a public online workshop or discuss a private program for your team.